Cracking the Code

JUNE 5, 2019

The first thing to look for is a cultural match. Lastly, focus on acquisitions, not mergers. I believe mergers of equals almost never succeed in the tech industry. The strategy needs to come first and you then find companies to align with it, not the other way around. Never acquire a company if you do not trust the CEO.

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Acquisition Management Merger Social Media 48

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 13, 2016

The new investors you need at this stage are investment bankers, private equity, or competitors, to buy you out via merger or acquisition (M&A), or to go public with an Initial Public Offering (IPO). This is the exit stage for the entrepreneur, and for all earlier investors.

Matching 120

Matching Angel Investor Intellectual Property Investment Bankers 120

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 4, 2011

They are more than happy to sell you alternative brand of shoes that match your suit, or suggest a premium appliance from another manufacturer, once you have selected the lowest cost refrigerator. This is called up-selling, or cross-up-selling, and both parties share the profits. Integrate for new or critical mass.

Partner 225

Partner Non-Compete Merger Technical Review 225

Board Effect

JANUARY 27, 2020

A merger or acquisition is a major event that can seriously affect an organization’s culture. Evaluate Whether the External View of Culture Matches the Internal View. Whenever an ethical issue arises, it’s wise to consider if there have been other ethical issues that were minimized or shoved under the carpet.

Software Review 75

Software Review Merger Government Acquisition 75

Startup Professionals Musings

DECEMBER 27, 2014

Individual angel investors have been filling the gap, and now match VCs in total amount invested. Super Angels have greater scope to match talent with a startup. The cost of entry for tech startups continues to go down. Now the model is to seed many good teams with a smaller amount, and find out which ones can execute.

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Angel Investor Silicon Valley Startup Portfolio 260

The Startup Magazine

JUNE 29, 2022

For example, if a company was preparing for a merger, acquisition , privatisation or similar transaction, the buyer would show due diligence by investigating the potential target. Both consumers and investors alike are becoming more away of businesses that don’t match their morals or meet their expectations.

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Due Diligence United States Merger Government 116

Startup Professionals Musings

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Also remember that your tax entity election doesn’t have to match the legal entity. Also, mergers, acquisitions, and alliances with other companies almost always drive the need to modify your organizational entity for legal or operational purposes. Upgrade your legal business entity to meet growth needs.

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LLC Limited Liability Company Cofounder Preferred Stock 210

Steve Blank

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

Over the same 30 years, Venture Capital firms have honed their skills and strategies to match Wall Streets needs to achieve liquidity for their portfolio companies. The Rise of Mergers and Acquisitions -– March 2003 -2008 After the dot.com bubble collapsed, the IPO market (and most tech M&A deals) shutdown for technology companies.

Silicon Valley 217

Silicon Valley IPO Technical Review Venture Capital 217

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 15, 2022

This is the end game for an industry, and many companies, characterized by mergers and acquisitions to a few dominant players. There is no time to be changing your culture to match the lifecycle. Companies with an innovative and creative bias, which thrived during the innovation phase, usually struggle in this period. Consolidation.

Dilution 355

Dilution Startup Merger Flash 355

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 18, 2017

If you are proposing a merger or acquisition, or simply seeking an investor for your business, the process is the same. Remember that every person is different, and their emotion will likely not match yours. You have to put together a convincing story of a win-win opportunity for both sides. Temper your emotion with data.

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Merger Angel Investor Social Media Audience 146

Mike Michalowicz

SEPTEMBER 19, 2018

When a job request is received the Judge Group can generate 60 top matches within a matter of seconds. Bow String Advisors specialize in Mergers and Acquisitions, Raising Capital, and providing Financial and Strategic Advisory services to the Health Care Staffing Industry. .

CPA 76

CPA Software Review LLC Technical Review 76

Startup Professionals Musings

JANUARY 14, 2015

This is the end game for an industry, and many companies, characterized by mergers and acquisitions to a few dominant players. There is no time to be changing your culture to match the lifecycle. Companies with an innovative and creative bias, which thrived during the innovation phase, usually struggle in this period. Consolidation.

Matching 120

Matching Marketing Dilution Startup 120

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 17, 2014

Show red ink to match your funding request. The only path to any return for equity investments is a liquidity event, like a merger or acquisition (M&A), or IPO. Financial projections for investors should always show an annual cost of goods sold and gross margins line, as well as revenue. Build a path to 10x return.

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Liquidity Event Equity Venture Capital Merger 249

Up and Running

AUGUST 6, 2019

Participate in event listings and food industry events: Put up stalls or cater during football matches, musical nights, school functions, and so on. Attend events to scout for any opportunities of vertical and horizontal mergers and tie-ups. Create discount offers to get your event customers to visit the restaurant.

Technical Review 86

Technical Review SBA Merger Customer 86

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 27, 2012

Make sure your marketing budget matches the scope of your plan. What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)? Describe marketing strategy, sales plan, licensing, and partnership plans. Here is also a good place for a rollout timeline with key milestones. Executive team. Exit strategy.

Elevator Pitch 247

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 247

Up and Running

JULY 2, 2014

One group of angels was interested in investing up to $500,000 in our company, and another was willing to match those funds if the first group invested. Do they have experience with mergers and acquisitions, including how to set up the company for successful exit scenarios? We were on a roll.

Technical Review 118

Technical Review Angel Investor Due Diligence Dilution 118

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 28, 2013

Show red ink to match your funding request. The only path to any return for equity investments is a liquidity event, like a merger or acquisition (M&A), or IPO. Financial projections for investors should always show an annual cost of goods sold and gross margins line, as well as revenue. Build a path to 10x return.

Liquidity Event 243

Liquidity Event Startup Equity Venture Capital 243

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 10, 2011

Make sure your marketing budget matches the scope of your plan. What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)? Describe marketing strategy, sales plan, licensing, and partnership plans. Here is also a good place for a rollout timeline with key milestones. Executive team. Exit strategy.

Elevator Pitch 234

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 234

Austin Startup

NOVEMBER 12, 2017

The decision is yours as to how you package up your offering in a way that matches your goals. Blending startups can work very well, but the motivations can’t be like Fortune 1000 mergers where the payoffs are often in the layoffs.

Term Sheet 48

Term Sheet Technical Review Due Diligence Merger 48

Startup Professionals Musings

MAY 19, 2010

Make sure your marketing budget matches the scope of your plan. What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)? Describe marketing strategy, sales plan, licensing, and partnership plans. Here is also a good place for a rollout timeline with key milestones. Executive team. Exit strategy.

Elevator Pitch 235

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 235

Gust

AUGUST 10, 2014

Show red ink to match your funding request. The only path to any return for equity investments is a liquidity event, like a merger or acquisition (M&A), or IPO. Financial projections for investors should always show an annual cost of goods sold and gross margins line, as well as revenue. Build a path to 10x return.

Liquidity Event 176

Liquidity Event Equity Venture Capital Merger 176

YoungUpstarts

MARCH 25, 2015

With a proper Gutsball mindset, an organization can not only match those values and meet those needs, but deliver above and beyond performance when compared to previous experiences with business relationships anywhere. A customer is a customer for life. At its core, customer relationships start with recognizing the values of your audience.

Merger 100

Merger Leadership Employee Matching 100

abovethecrowd.com

AUGUST 23, 2020

The next morning, the exchange (either the NYSE or NASDAQ) finally does a market-based matching process where we find out the real price of the shares (ironically this is the exact process used in a Direct Listing, also ironically the only people allowed to sell are the ones given the shares the night before). Door #3: The SPAC Merger.

IPO 118

IPO Silicon Valley Warrant Matching 118

Gust

AUGUST 19, 2012

Make sure your marketing budget matches the scope of your plan. What is the planned exit strategy (IPO, merger, sale, including likely candidates)? Describe marketing strategy, sales plan, licensing, and partnership plans. Here is also a good place for a rollout timeline with key milestones. Executive team. Exit strategy.

Elevator Pitch 146

Elevator Pitch Exit Strategy Burn Rate Merger 146

ReadWriteStart

MAY 19, 2011

Mandal was the lead of Apple's mergers and acquisitions team, and Gupta was an IP attorney at a several national firms. Up until now, this service has only been available in California, but LawPivot announces today that it's opening availability nationwide. LawPivot's co-founders, Jay Mandal and Nitin Gupta, are both lawyers.

Merger 114

Merger IP California Cofounder 114

Startup Professionals Musings

AUGUST 21, 2019

This is the end game for an industry, and many companies, characterized by mergers and acquisitions to a few dominant players. There is no time to be changing your culture to match the lifecycle. Companies with an innovative and creative bias, which thrived during the innovation phase, usually struggle in this period. Consolidation.

Dilution 224

Dilution Merger Flash Global 224

Steve Blank

JULY 15, 2010

The size of the red bars (IPO’s) versus blue (mergers and acquisitions) illustrates that while venture-backed startups did get acquired, the IPO market was booming. (It includes venture funded startups in all industries, from software to biotech. Source: NVCA.). Number of Venture Backed Liquidity Events 1991-2000. Free At Last.

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Venture Capital IPO Liquidity Event Entrepreneur 297

Duct Tape Marketing

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

And if it doesn't match up for us, we're like, okay, we, I think we know some places we want to take you and you just get that, you know, after years and patterns of watching agencies. We can pull up their, you know, their team page on their website. We can go, no, they're not structured.

CPA 73

CPA Technical Review Revenue Forecast 73

Startup Professionals Musings

SEPTEMBER 2, 2017

This is the end game for an industry, and many companies, characterized by mergers and acquisitions to a few dominant players. There is no time to be changing your culture to match the lifecycle. Companies with an innovative and creative bias, which thrived during the innovation phase, usually struggle in this period. Consolidation.

Dilution 134

Dilution Merger Flash Global 134

Startup Professionals Musings

JUNE 2, 2013

Here are the top five, as outlined by Rice in his book, which match my own experience: Management team. That means merger and acquisition (M&A), not initial public offering (IPO). The same hold true for venture capital investors. That goes back to the strength of the management team as the #1 threshold. Exit strategy.

Cram Down 269

Cram Down Angel Investor Intellectual Property Venture Capital 269

abovethecrowd.com

FEBRUARY 27, 2019

Fortunately, the rise of the Internet, and specifically Internet marketplace models, act as accelerants to the productivity benefits of the division of labour AND comparative advantage by reducing information asymmetry and increasing the likelihood of a perfect match with regard to the exchange of goods or services.

Internet 88

Internet Matching Vertical Hosting 88

Venture Chronicles

NOVEMBER 17, 2010

Paul Greenberg wrote a lengthy piece about his complex relationship with United Airlines and their potential for service downgrading as a result of the merger with Continental. But…I still fly United.

Customer 45

Customer Merger Vesting America 45

Startup Professionals Musings

OCTOBER 14, 2013

This is the end game for an industry, and many companies, characterized by mergers and acquisitions to a few dominant players. There is no time to be changing your culture to match the lifecycle. Companies with an innovative and creative bias, which thrived during the innovation phase, usually struggle in this period. Consolidation.

Dilution 187

Dilution Merger Flash Global 187

Up and Running

JULY 22, 2014

Major corporations use pro forma statements to illustrate projected numbers, like in the case of a merger or acquisition, or to emphasize certain current figures. Matching revenue with the related expenses is what’s referred to as “the matching principle,” and is the basis of accrual accounting.

Balance Sheet 148

Balance Sheet Forecast Equity .Net 148

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 17, 2015

Each stage needs a clearly defined set of objectives, and the right team to match those objectives. In Stage 2, the corporation adds venture capital and/or mergers-and-acquisition teams to provide these functions. Stage 1: Networking and Partnering – the Technology Connectors.

Silicon Valley 120

Silicon Valley Incubator Acquisition Business Model 120

Reid Hoffman

MARCH 19, 2019

But unless Airbnb agreed to a merger, it had only two options. Groupon’s co-founder and then-CEO Andrew Mason advised Brian to take the deal. They’ll probably kill you,” he said. Do you think Airbnb wanted that kind of competition? Of course not. One, it could rise to the challenge and compete by launching its own blitzscaling effort.

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Cofounder Business Model IPO Non-Compete 28

Steve Blank

DECEMBER 8, 2015

If the innovation threats the company faces do not match these, the corporation may need a different approach to addressing the disruption such as making a large scale acquisition, e.g., VMWare’s acquisition of Nicira , merger, or outright selling itself, e.g., EMC’s sale to Dell. W hat would be the charter for our Innovation Outpost?

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Silicon Valley Acquisition Boston Early Stage 120